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Cotton #2 May '23 (CTK23)

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Cotton #2 Futures Market News and Commentary

Cotton Posts Friday Gains

Cotton futures were up 13 to 34 points to close out Friday, as March was up 186 points this week. The outside markets were mixed, as the US dollar index was up 525 points and the highest 2 years. Crude oil futures were up $1.09/barrel.

Cotton Ginnings data from NASS indicated a total of 2.157 million RB of cotton ginned in the first 2 weeks of November to the 15th, taking the marketing year total to 6.852 million RB. That is up 20% from the same point last year. 

Friday’s Commitment of Traders report short specs adding a massive 22,136 contracts to their net short as of November 19 to 35,987 contracts. 

Export Sales data showed 2024/25 upland cotton shipments totaling 1.858 million RB for the marketing year, 17% below last year and just 18% of the full year USDA export forecast (22% normally). Commitments, including shipped and unshipped sales, are 6.364 million RB, a 16% drop from last year.  That is 60% of USDA’s number, behind the 68% average export sales pace.<... Read more

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